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Old Feb 01, 2008, 05:49 PM
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A delusion is "an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary" so one wouldn't know one was deluded, would have no insight.

Seeing something not there is hallucination and one may or may not accept its unrealness. Hallucinations can be the result of a head injury.

http://www.braininjury.com/symptoms.html
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